


In 2011, Wargaming relocated its headquarters from Minsk to Nicosia, Cyprus. On 12 April 2011, World of Tanks was released in North America and Europe. On 12 August 2010, the company released its first online title, World of Tanks. It was published by Square Enix on 18 September 2009. On 16 April 2009, Wargaming started working on real-time strategy game Order of War. In December 2008, the company released its first real-time strategy Operation Bagration. On 16 November 2007, Wargaming acquired the Minsk-based developer Arise. Over the course of five years, the company shipped five projects within the Massive Assault franchise.

Wargaming started working on its first full-scale commercial project-the sci-fi turn-based strategy game Massive Assault, in March 2002. The company's first project was DBA Online-the digital version of a miniature tabletop rule set De Bellis Antiquitatis-launched in 2000. Wargaming was founded by Victor Kislyi in Minsk on 2 August 1998, intending the company as a developer of strategy video games. The building of Wargaming's headquarters in Nicosia, Cyprus
